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US-8964058

On-board camera system for monitoring an area around a vehicle

PublishedFebruary 24, 2015
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Technical Abstract

An on-board camera system includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image around a vehicle, a wide-angle image generation unit configured to generate a wide-angle image of a desired size by performing reduction processing of the image obtained by the imaging unit, a standard image generation unit configured to generate a standard image of the desired size by extracting an image of a predetermined region from the image obtained by the imaging unit such that an optical axis of the image and the image size are the same as those of the wide-angle image, and an application processing unit configured to execute application processing using each of the wide-angle image and the standard image.

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1. An on-board camera system comprising: a single camera configured to capture an image around a vehicle; a wide-angle image generation unit configured to generate a wide-angle image of a desired size by performing reduction processing of the image obtained by the single camera; a standard image generation unit configured to generate a standard image of the desired size by extracting an image of a predetermined region from the image obtained by the single camera such that an optical axis of the image and the image size are the same as those of the wide-angle image; and an application processing unit configured to execute application processing using each of the wide-angle image and the standard image.

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2. The on-board camera system according to claim 1 , wherein the single camera is configured to capture a Wide Quad Extended Graphics Array (WQXGA) image, and the wide-angle image and the standard image are Video Graphics Array (VGA) images.

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3. The on-board camera system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a demosaicing processing unit configured to perform demosaicing processing on an image, wherein the wide-angle image generation unit and the standard image generation unit are configured to generate the wide-angle image and the standard image, respectively, from an image after demosaicing processing of the demosaicing processing unit.

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4. The on-board camera system according to claim 2 , further comprising: a demosaicing processing unit configured to perform demosaicing processing on an image, wherein the wide-angle image generation unit and the standard image generation unit are configured to generate the wide-angle image and the standard image, respectively, from an image after demosaicing processing of the demosaicing processing unit.

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Filing Date

April 4, 2012

Publication Date

February 24, 2015

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